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‘Premium German automaker’ places mysterious order for next-gen EV components

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The contactors that Rheinmetall will be supplying are designed for 900-volt architecture and will be introduced to the German automaker’s lineup by 2025. platform will use 900-volt. Mercedes first showed off their next-generation 900-volt architecture in January 2022 with its EQXX concept EV.

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Study: EVs cannot succeed without developing parallel supercharging networks

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The article, “The Business of Electric Vehicles: A Platform Perspective,” was published recently in Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management. million automobiles were sold in the United States in 2019, of which only about 245,000 were battery-powered electric vehicles, researchers said.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

. “A coalition of auto makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and shipping companies wants the U.S. Here’s the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. A coalition of auto makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and shipping companies wants the U.S.

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Tech: How do Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Batteries Recharge? Do I Need to Plug a Hybrid In?

Clean Fleet Report

A Primer on Hybrid Battery Care This article may contain affiliate links. But the mass market was confused; these new cars had an additional battery to provide electricity to an electric motor. This is accomplished by using a much larger, more powerful lithium-ion battery pack.

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What Texas Instruments’ Little Professor Can Teach Us

Cars That Think

A 9-volt battery powered the Texas Instrument TMS0975NL integrated circuit and the eight-digit LED display. Texas Instruments still makes a version of the Little Professor, only now it’s sustainably powered with solar cells.) What the article really shows is that Johnson had no idea how museums work.

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The Battery Revolution Is Just Getting Started

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My lap is relieved, but the battery life is the same—it's still about 10 hours, as it was with the Macintosh Portable. Batteries have gotten a whole lot better, but they have not gotten Moore's-Law better. We're living in battery-powered times. Batteries are key to decarbonizing our economies.

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Tech: Don’t Believe These 5 Plug-In Hybrid Myths!

Clean Fleet Report

While BEVs use a battery-powered motor to power the vehicle, PHEVs have both a battery/electric motor and a gas engine to power them. In this article, we’ll dispel five common myths on PHEVs that BEV-only fans may want you to believe. Worn-Out EV Batteries Make PHEVs Useless! The major difference?

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